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Friday, August 24, 2012

The library will be closed on Monday, September 3, 2012 in observance of Labor Day. Regular hours resume at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Have you signed your children up for the Fall Afterschool programs? A kindergarten program will be held on Mondays, programming for first and second grades on Tuesday and on Thursday’s third through fifth grades are scheduled. Programs are literature based with stories and activities as well as snacks. For more information come by the library or call 334-3490.

A new suspense book is “Criminal” by Karen Slaughter. Will Kent is an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, but when a local college student goes missing, he is kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, Deputy Director Amanda Wayne. Trent doesn’t understand Amanda’s motivation until they meet in an abandoned orphanage that was once his home. The case that launched Amanda’s career has suddenly come back to life, intertwined with the long-held mystery of Will’s birth and parentage. The two investigators will need to face demons from the past to prevent an even greater terror being unleashed.

Other new fiction books are “Bloodline” by James Rollin, “Two Brides Too Many” by Mona Hodgson, “To Win Her Heart” by Karen Witemeyer, “The Fallen Angel” by Daniel Silva, “Wicked Nights” by Gena Showalter, “Reunion” by Lauraine Snelling, “Creole Belle” by James Lee Burke, “One Breath Away” by Heather Gudenkauf and “Midnight Promises” by Sherryl Woods. New titles for the young adult include “The False Prince” by Jennifer A. Nielson, “The Serpent’s Shadow” by Rick Riordan and “The Invaders” by John Flanagan.

New on the non-fiction shelf are “The Lonely Life: Basque Sheepherders in Wyoming” by Lila Bond, “The Art of Intelligence: Lessons From a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service” by Henry A. Crumpton and “The Everything Sprouted Grains Book: a Complete Guide to the Miracle of Sprouted Grains” by Brandi Evans.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children's Library has these new junior titles: “The Secret Tree” by Natalie Standford, “Summer of the Wolves” by Polly Carlson-Voiles, and “Dreamsleeves” by Coleen Paratore. Some new easy books are “You Get What You Get” by Julie Gassman, “Substitute Creacher” by Chris Gall and “Trouble Gum” by Matthew Cordell.